Paul Pahlen

Paul Carl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen (1775-1834) was a general of the Russian Empire who was a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812.

Biography
Paul Carl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen was of Baltic German origin and of the Pahlen family, which included King Paul I of Russia's assassin Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen. Paul Pahlen was a General of Cavalry, who was steady under fire and a soldier from birth. During the 1812 Patriotic War during the Napoleonic Wars, Pahlen commanded Russian forces and drove the French out of Russia.